Documenting for Whom? A Symbolic Interactionist Analysis of Technologically Induced Changes of Nursing Handovers

This article employs a symbolic interactionist perspective to analyse the act of taking others into account as a premise for nurses face-to-face reporting and documenting in patient record systems. Two case studies indicate that replacing face-to-face communication with extended employment of patient record systems may hinder the practical accomplishment of nursing handovers.

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